I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. So I
confronted her that day and said,
" If you're only goanna make me a
laughing stock, why don't you just die?!!!"
My mom did not respond... I didn't even stop to think for a second
about
what I had
said, because I was full of anger. I was oblivious to her feelings. I
wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied real hard, got a
chance to go abroad to study. Then,
I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had
kids of my own.
I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts.
Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn't seen me in years
and
she didn't
even meet her grandchildren. When she stood by the door, my children
laughed
at her,
and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her,
"How
dare
you come to
my house and scare my children!" GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"
And to this, my mother quietly answered,
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have
gotten the wrong address," and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. So I
lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the
old shack just out of curiosity. My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single
tear.
They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
"My dearest son, I think of you all the time. I'm sorry that I came to
your house and scared your children. I was so glad when I heard you were coming for
the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I'm sorry that I was
a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up. You see........when you
were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud
of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.
With my love to you,
Your mother.
